ATLANTIC CITY He knows he’s only a pawn, here to be sacrificed for the career of Fernando Vargas, but he’s more than an opponent. His nickname is “Checkmate. Darren Maciunski, Vargas’ foe in the ...

The third result comes about when chess rules conflict and nobody knows which rule takes precedence. For example, a game goes 1 e4 e5 2 Bc4 Nf6 and now 3 Qxf7 mate. Black complains that queens can’t ...

The Diagram position was reached after Black’s 20 th move (20…Ng4) in the game between the first-ever Women’s World Champion Vera Menchik (playing White) and her challenger Sonja Graf Stevenson ...